Automate multi-step operations by chaining IaC deployments, configuration runs, scripts, and approvals into a single pipeline.
IaC Deploy
Run Terraform plan, apply, or destroy
Configuration
Run Ansible playbooks
Script
Execute bash, Python, or Node scripts
HTTP Request
Call external APIs or webhooks
Approval
Pause for human approval
Condition
Branch based on expressions
Git Push
On repository change
Status Color Meaning Active Green Workflow is enabled and will run on triggers Paused Yellow Temporarily disabled, manual run only Draft Gray Not yet activated
Action Description Run Execute the workflow manually Edit Open in visual DAG builder Duplicate Create a copy View History See past executions Pause/Resume Toggle active state Delete Remove the workflow
Pattern Steps Deploy Pipeline Plan → Approval → Apply → Notify Environment Promotion Dev → Test → Approval → Prod Scheduled Backup Script → Upload → Cleanup Incident Response Detect → Scale → Notify Multi-Region Deploy Plan → Apply US ∥ Apply EU → Verify
Name: production-deploy
Trigger: Git Push (main branch)
Steps: 5
Status: Active
Copy ┌─────────┐ ┌──────────┐ ┌──────────┐ ┌─────────┐ ┌────────┐
│ Plan │───▶│ Approval │───▶│ Apply │───▶│ Test │───▶│ Notify │
└─────────┘ └──────────┘ └──────────┘ └─────────┘ └────────┘
Copy Step Type Configuration Plan IaC Deploy Project: api-infrastructure, Action: Plan Approval Approval Approvers: team:platform, Timeout: 1h Apply IaC Deploy Project: api-infrastructure, Action: Apply Test HTTP Request URL: https://api.example.com/health Notify Slack Channel: #deployments, Message: Deploy complete
Workflow: production-deploy
Run ID: wfr_8x7y6z5w
Status: Completed ✓
Step Results:
─────────────────────────────────────
1. Plan ✓ Completed 12s
→ 3 to add, 1 to change, 0 to destroy
2. Approval ✓ Approved 4m 32s
→ Approved by jane@example.com
3. Apply ✓ Completed 45s
→ 3 added, 1 changed, 0 destroyed
4. Test ✓ Completed 2s
→ HTTP 200 OK
5. Notify ✓ Completed 1s
→ Message sent to #deployments
Total Duration: 5m 32s
Triggered By: Git Push (main @ abc1234)
Copy 🚀 Deployment Complete
Workflow: production-deploy
Environment: production
Status: Success ✓
Duration: 5m 32s
Changes Applied:
• 3 resources added
• 1 resource changed
Triggered by: jane@example.com
Commit: abc1234 "Add rate limiting to API"
Copy ┌─────────────┐
┌────▶│ Apply US │────┐
┌─────────┐ │ └─────────────┘ │ ┌──────────┐
│ Plan │───┤ ├────▶│ Verify │
└─────────┘ │ ┌─────────────┐ │ └──────────┘
└────▶│ Apply EU │────┘
└─────────────┘
Copy 00:00 Plan started
00:15 Plan completed (3 resources)
00:15 Apply US started ─┬─ (parallel)
00:15 Apply EU started ─┘
00:45 Apply EU completed
00:52 Apply US completed
00:52 Verify started
00:55 Verify completed
Total: 55 seconds
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